2016-0177 Explosion in an amunition depot; near Nagpur, India
2016-0182 Fire in temporary housing; Qatar
2016-0199 Collision between a truck and a bus; near Aflou, Algeria
2016-0200 A bus falls into a canal; Turkey
2016-0202 Shipwreck with migrants: Crete, Greece

Week 22-2016: May 23 - May 29

Natural disasters:

Disasters of the week 22- May 23 - May 29 , 2016

2016-0181 Floods; Texas, United States
2016-0198 Floods and Landslides; China

2016-0069 Contamination; Unite state, South Sudan
2016-0068 Collision between a truck and a car; Oman
2016-0070 Collision between two buses; Zimbabwe
2016-0071 Shipwreck of a boat carrying migrants; near Didim, Turkey
2016-0072 Collision between a bus and a truck; near Bauchi, Nigeria

2016-0044 Collision between two trains; Bavaria, Germany
2016-0045 Collision between a truck and a minibus; Naâma region, Algeria
2016-0046 Collision between a military truck and a bus; Bofossou, Guinea

In 1988, the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) launched the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT). EM-DAT was created with the initial support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Belgian Government.

The main objective of the database is to serve the purposes of humanitarian action at national and international levels. The initiative aims to rationalise decision making for disaster preparedness, as well as provide an objective base for vulnerability assessment and priority setting.

EM-DAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 22,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to the present day. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies.